International Business Machines Corporation

Erich M Ruetsche

Thomas J Brunschwiler

Ryan Joesph Linderman

Bruno Michel

Matthias Kaiserswerth

Emmanuel Delamarche

Patrick Ruch

Thomas R Gross

Gero Dittmann

Frey Aagaard Eberholst

André Elisseeff

Peter Lundkvist

Ulf H Nielsen

Embodiments are disclosed for a quality control method. The method includes verifying one or more sensors as part of a verification process and assessing a quality of an item or a technical process as part of a quality control process. Two or more measurements values characterizing the item or the technical process from the one or more sensors are obtained. One or more output values based on a computerized process taking the two or more measurements values as inputs are obtained. At least one of the output values obtained is compared to one or more corresponding reference values, to obtain a quality assessment of the item or the technical process.

Quality control based on measurements from verified sensors

A series of hierarchical channels are formed in a first member surface of a first member using a continuous-feed manufacturing process. The channels are configured to control particle stacking. The first member is pressed to a second member with a layer of particle-filled viscous material between the first member surface and a second member surface of the second member. An inventive assembly includes mating surfaces with at least one surface formed with a series of parallel hierarchical channels configured to control stacking of the particles during pressing together of the surfaces. The surface is substantially free of any other hierarchical channels formed thereon.

One-dimensional hierarchical nested channel design for continuous feed manufacturing processes

Processes are described for provision of privacy-sensitive sample analysis results to a sample provider. The sample provider generates a cryptographic commitment encoding a secret value, r, and a sample identifier, s, associated with a sample container. The sample provider provides the commitment to an analysis provider in association with the sample container containing a sample for analysis. The analysis provider analyzes the sample to obtain a set of analysis results corresponding to the sample identifier, s, and generates a cryptographic pre-credential, &#x3c3;', corresponding to the sample identifier, s. The pre-credential, &#x3c3;&#x2032;, encodes the set of analysis results and the commitment. Completion of the pre-credential, &#x3c3;&#x2032;, requires knowledge of the secret value, r, in the commitment. In response to cryptographic proof of knowledge by the sample provider of at least the secret value, r, in the commitment encoded in the pre-credential, &#x3c3;&#x2032;, corresponding to the sample identifier, s, the analysis provider supplies the pre-credential, &#x3c3;&#x2032;, to the sample provider. The sample provider then completes the pre-credential, &#x3c3;&#x2032; using the secret value, r, to obtain a cryptographic credential, &#x3c3;, encoding the set of analysis results.

Privacy-sensitive sample analysis

A system and method for analyzing electronic data records including an annotation unit being operable to receive a set of electronic data records and to compute concept vectors for the set of electronic data records, wherein the coordinates of the concept vectors represent scores of the concepts in the respective electronic data record and wherein the concepts are part of an ontology, a similarity network unit being operable to compute a similarity network by means of the concept vectors and by at least one relationship between the concepts of the ontology, the similarity network representing similarities between the electronic data records, wherein the vertices of the similarity network represent the electronic data records and the edges of the similarity network represent similarity values indicating a degree of similarity between the vertices and steps for executing the system.

System and method for analyzing electronic data records

Disclosed herein is a data center having a plurality of liquid cooled computer systems. The computer systems each include a processor coupled with a cold plate that allows direct liquid cooling of the processor. The cold plate is further arranged to provide adapted flow of coolant to different portions of the processor whereby higher temperature regions receive a larger flow rate of coolant. The flow is variably adjusted to reflect different levels of activity. By maximizing the coolant temperature exiting the computer systems, the system may utilize the free cooling temperature of the ambient air and eliminate the need for a chiller. A data center is further provided that is coupled with a district heating system and heat is extracted from the computer systems is used to offset carbon emissions and reduce the total cost of ownership of the data center.

Variable flow computer cooling system for a data center and method of operation

A display element having circuitry adapted to at least partially electrochemically dissolve a first layer by means of supplying an electrical current through the first layer. The first layer separates a first reservoir filled with a liquid from a second reservoir. By dissolving the first layer at least partially, at least a portion of the liquid can flow from the first to the second reservoir. Consequently, the display element transitions from a first to a second optical state.

Display element

Disclosed herein is a server system having a plurality of computer systems and a liquid cooling system. The computer systems are capable of operating in a first mode of operation at a first operating speed and a first temperature. The computer systems are further capable of operating in a second mode of operation at a second operating speed and a second temperature. The server system switches from the second mode and the first mode in response to a request for processing services rising above a first threshold. The server system further uses a cold battery to store coolant during times of low demand and releases coolant from said cold battery when the system switches to the first mode.

Variable performance server system and method of operation

The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for the synchronization and the scheduling of multiple data streams and real time tasks. In accordance with the present invention, pointers pointing to the information streams to be synchronized and processed are kept in the table (,) of a selector (,). The time marks (S1Start etc.) of said information streams are stored in a table (,) of a timer. The system time is checked against said time marks and if a time mark has been reached, the table (,) of said selector (,) is updated. If the status of an information stream is such that its trigger condition is fulfilled, the pointer to said information stream is made available at the output of the selector (,). This pointer is then used to retrieve the respective information stream and to forward it to a playout device.

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Pfaeffikon, Switzerland

Erich M Ruetsche